Then we went on a short husky ride, with the huskies pulling us. They went very fast!

Then we went on some mini snowmobiles. My brother went really fast and crashed into a tree!

Then we went on a reindeer ride at twilight through the snowy winter wonderland. It was hard to get any good photos as the light was very limited, but this was an amazing experience. The reindeer pulling the sleigh behind you would snuffle his nose right up next to your face.

My brother fell asleep in the sleigh underneath the reindeer furs.

We then went for a nighttime snowmobile ride through the snowy forests, with Mummy and Daddy driving their snowmobile and with me and my brother in a sleigh on the back of the guides snowmobile. It was a really bumpy ride but very funny!

We had to dress up really warm for this.

Then we went to a restaurant and had reindeer burger and then we went home and had a sauna.

Day 3, we were really exhausted so cancelled our skiing on Mount Ounnasvaara and went to the science museum, Artikum instead. This had 2 sections: one about the Lappish culture and one about the Arctic.

Afterwards we went to the Artikum Beach, which is an area beside the river and an island in the middle. The river was completely frozen over so it was just a big winter wonderland that we could play in.

Then we walked back through town and saw a giant Moomin and Buddy had a go on an ice slide.

Then we went back and had a sauna.

That evening, we were picked up at night and went for a night time safari to see the northern lights. Although the night started off with clear skies, it soon clouded over and we didn’t get to see them. However, we saw them in the planetarium in Artikum, so that is the picture here.

We also went into a Sami yurt and cooked sausages over the camp fire and had hot lingon-berry juice. Then we had a snowball fight outside with some nice people from Turkey.

Then we went into the quiet bit of the forest and the reindeer came up to the fence and we got to hand-feed them lichen, which is their favourite food.

This was an amazing night, even though we didn’t get to see the Aurora Borealis.

The next morning we really struggled to get up to leave for the airport!